Unix Tips Podcast

Discontinuation of the Unix Tips Podcast

We’re sorry to announce that we’ll be discontinuing our production of the podcast. Listen for more information why we’re going to stop producing the podcast, and what we’ll be doing instead.

The Long Awaited Return - Episode 25

Sorry that it isn’t much grandeur for a returning episode.

SHOWNOTES

Our New Site

http://tr.im/rkCf

The Fridge

http://tr.im/rkBC

Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala

http://tr.im/rkBF

10 Features in 10 Days: Desktop Effects with Compiz

http://tr.im/rkBO

WSJ - How I Spent My Summer Hacking Into iPhones With Friends

http://tr.im/riSo

Virtualization Pushing Linux Into Small Businesses

http://tr.im/rkC2

Sun Microsystems & Open Solaris News

http://tr.im/rkCb

Sorry - Technical Difficulties

Hey guys-

After our long hiatus, we seem to be running into some technical difficulties. Hang in there - we’ll post our newest episode ASAP!

Thanks!

Max & Sweyn

New Twitter Username

Hey guys

Just quick little note. We’ve changed our Twitter username from @techreviews to @unixtipspodcast

Notice

Quick notice on our availability

Update

Hey guys

As you have seen, we haven’t posted in the last few month. Sweyn and I have been busy with a lot of stuff, but we hope to start posting new episodes again soon, in a slightly different format.

In the meantime, check out our personal blogs

Max - www.TheAbramsonIs.Me

Sweyn - www.InternetDetour.com

Episode 24: The Largest Wait For A Podcast Ever

Sorry for the giant delay. We have had a lot of problems with Podbean but it is now up.

Episode 23: Only the News

It was getting so long that we only included the news but we will be putting up a new show with the tips later on this week. Show notes are below:

NEWS

Gates’s Mysterious New Company http://tr.im/mrr

Battle Of The Thumb Drive Linux Systems http://tr.im/msy

Ubuntu News http://tr.im/mrp

OpenSuse 11.1 http://tr.im/mrq

Ubuntu Fridge http://tr.im/mrt

Dillo 2.0 Tab Browsing http://tr.im/mrv

Why Open Office Failed http://tr.im/mrw

Hey Dad… Can I Have Linux Back? http://tr.im/mrx

Who Should Use Linux http://tr.im/ms0 What Should The Next Version Of Ubuntu Bring? http://tr.im/ms2

T-Mobile G1 Now Available http://tr.im/ms5

ThinkFree Launches Office Suite For Netbooks http://tr.im/ms9

Linux Powers “Cloud” Gaming Console http://tr.im/msb

Songbird 0.7.0 Review - Audio Player For Linux http://tr.im/msc

Asus Eee Top Fingers-On Shows Good All-In-One Touch PC http://tr.im/msf

Switch To Ubuntu Linux Not Apple Mac OS http://tr.im/msl

Farewell To The Linux 2.6 Kernel? http://tr.im/msm

The State Of Linux Docks http://tr.im/msn

Zonbu 2008.05 ScreenShots http://tr.im/msp

There will be no podcast this week.

I’m sorry that there will be no podcast this week. We are both very busy and don’t have time. We will be back next week!

Episode 22: Loooong

Our longest episode ever. Show notes are below:

T-Mobile Sells Out First 1.5 Million Google G1s http://tr.im/d8l

Linux Powered Mini-machines For Macs http://tr.im/d94

Linux Opportunity Buried In Unix Market Share Data http://tr.im/d8n

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Releases Monday–Or Get It Early http://tr.im/d8o

OpenOffice Theme http://tr.im/d99

Sidux Grows On You http://tr.im/d8q

Tips Let PAM Take Care Of GNU/Linux Security For You http://tr.im/d8t 15 Tips For a Better Linux Experience http://tr.im/d8u Search Cube http://tr.im/d8z The Extremely Simple Guide To Installing Ubuntu Using Wubi (From Windows) http://tr.im/d92 Flipping The Linux Switch: New Users Guide To The Terminal http://tr.im/d95 Picks G4L - Development Kit Branch http://tr.im/d96 VLC http://tr.im/d9e

Episode 21: Beat Ya To It

News

Server Poll By Canonical

http://is.gd/3JLX

Is Twitter Down?

http://is.gd/prL

Cloud Computing Is A Trap Warns Richard Stallman

http://is.gd/3hBu

Ubuntu-eee

http://is.gd/3yym

Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase Winner Is Announced

http://is.gd/3zSs

5 Things Linux Should Have

http://is.gd/3JN8

Tweet Your ‘apt-get’

http://is.gd/3zef

Picks

Tanks Game For Linux

http://is.gd/3JNo

Run Applications On All Platforms

http://is.gd/3Br5

Episode 20: Sweyn Alone This Week

Sorry everyone, my voice is very hoarse this week. Show notes are below:

News Is Linux for you? http://preacherpen.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/linux-is-it-for-you/

Fedora 10 Cambridge Edition http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_10_beta&num=1

100 reasons Linux is better than Windows http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20861/1141/1/2/

Linux Live CD for Linux games http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/09/28/live-dvd-for-linux-games/\

Tips Make Linux Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/09/30/make-linux-harder-better-faster/

Nathive http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/09/29/nathive-a-free-linux-image-editor/

Darwin on CentOS 5.2 http://www.howtoforge.com/apples-darwin-streaming-server-on-centos-5.2

Firefox Minefield http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/09/28/firefox-minefield-faster-than-chrome/

iPod in Linux http://kpweb.homelinux.org/recipes/mac_ipod_on_linux.html

Epiphany http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/books/ubuntu_applications/epiphany

Pick

iPodLinux http://ipodlinux.org

Rockbox http://rockbox.org

Episode 19: Max Alone This Week

Here it is enjoy. Show notes are below:

NEWS

Mozilla To Remove Firefox EULA tinyurl.com/6ya9nx

Ubuntu Fridge tinyurl.com/dgrzk

Multiple Desktops In XP & Vista tinyurl.com/47m48s

Google Android G1 Released tinyurl.com/3rllt4

Happy BDay Linux (maybe) tinyurl.com/4lvnec

TIPS

BSD Better Than Linux?

tinyurl.com/4aq2fo

Look Ma, No Terminal!

tinyurl.com/6qsjv3

UTALKED-ABOUT TIPS

RAID tinyurl.com/47h9dn

Sapphire Radeon HD 4670 512MB tinyurl.com/4nwoyl

PICK

PURE

http://www.moddb.com/games/pure

Episode 18 shownotes

Sorry they’re so late, but here are the shownotes.

NEWS Shuttleworth Urges Calm In Firefox/Ubuntu Flap http://tinyurl.com/6zdlj4 Adobe Air Beta http://tinyurl.com/6l2dy6 Chrome For Linux http://tinyurl.com/6nuzhj Mandriva & Precedent Technologies http://tinyurl.com/59tox7 Call For OpenSuse Beta Testers http://tinyurl.com/2o2ohl TIPS Easystroke Makes Mouse Gestures Possible On Linux http://tinyurl.com/67yfzz Change Boot Options In Ubuntu http://tinyurl.com/5kykmd Make Your Linux Desktop More Productive http://tinyurl.com/46j22w How To Find The right Eclipse distrobution for you http://tinyurl.com/5z3qch Replacements for windows apps http://tinyurl.com/6gm5hm Opensource forks http://tinyurl.com/6qwsfm Newbies: 9 Ubuntu & Debian commands you should know http://tinyurl.com/6jk8hr PICKS Sweyn’s Pick Call Graph http://tinyurl.com/66mfkc Max’s pick http://tinyurl.com/5ox82a

Episode 18: Problems With Audio But is Being Worked On

Sorry no show notes this week. We are also working on getting the audio quality better as we were recording on a different machine than usual so keep with us. Thanks!

Episode 17: A Day Late But Still Just As Great!

Sorry we are late. Show notes are below:

NEWS Ubuntu Fridge & Jaunty Jackalope http://tinyurl.com/dgrzk Linux Mint 5 http://tinyurl.com/5t6bkq $98 Desktop http://tinyurl.com/5unpug New Dell Inspiron http://tinyurl.com/6yszdv Cheap Desktop http://tinyurl.com/55cudx New Poll on Linux Haxor http://tinyurl.com/5fbbrs TIPS Download an entire webpage with wget http://tinyurl.com/5fslts Install linux with no optical drive http://tinyurl.com/5tace8 Install Games on Ubuntu With GetDeb http://tinyurl.com/6edhwf PICKS

Sweyn http://tinyurl.com/3btunc Max http://tinyurl.com/5fe8ov

Episode 16: All That Glitters Is Not Chrome

Show notes are below:

NEWS KIWI Linux http://tinyurl.com/6oauvp VOSTRO LAPTOP NOW COMING PRE-INSTALLED With UBUNTU http://tinyurl.com/6l52k8 INTEL AQUIRES A LINUX DEVELOPER http://tinyurl.com/5qroln CHROME Broswer http://tinyurl.com/5pjnk2 GOOGLE CONSIDERS MOVING TO OPEN-SOLARIS http://tinyurl.com/6don8k WISH LIST FOR KDE 4.2 http://tinyurl.com/63ummb IBEX RELEASE ANNONCEMENT http://tinyurl.com/yt8svq TIPS 6 PLACES TO GET PRE-INSTALLED LINUX BOXES http://tinyurl.com/5dj4d8 7 BEST CLOSED SOURCE LINUX APPS http://tinyurl.com/5cng5y 7 BEST KEPT LINUX SECRETS http://tinyurl.com/67lmx6 TUX WALLPAPERS http://tinyurl.com/6r9spf PICKS CANNON SMASH In Repo ARMETRON http://tinyurl.com/88vr7

Episode 15: Jinx

We are back together this week with a fun filled show. Show notes are below:

Linux Popularity http://tinyurl.com/5cuhk2 Ubuntu Brainstorm - Theme http://tinyurl.com/5f3cbx Dirt Cheap Linux Boxes http://tinyurl.com/56a3uo LunDuke Theme Article http://tinyurl.com/6qbh99

Tips

Twitter Client

Gtwiiter

TwitTux

Both in repos

25 killer apps for Linux

http://tinyurl.com/64253q

IBM command-line

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-badunixhabits.html

Picks

Miro

http://www.getmiro.com/ Laconica

http://www.Laconi.ca

Episode 14: When Worlds Collide

Show notes are below:

News Fedora 10 Beta Release http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3766271/Fedora+10+Takes+Shape.htm A tour of Empathy IM client http://opencomputer.net/2008/08/18/a-tour-of-empathy-im-client/ Canonical Joins The Linux Foundation http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/press/2008/08/17/canonical-joins-the-linux-foundation/ When worlds collide: Microsoft funds Apache http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-9999824-75.html?hhTest=1 The entire State of Pahang moves to OpenOffice.org http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/08/the-entire-stat.html Tips Open Virtual Machine Tools with Ubuntu Hardy http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/08/19/open-virtual-machine-tools-with-ubuntu-hardy/ Rotate Desktop Backgrounds in Ubuntu http://lifehacker.com/400505/rotate-desktop-backgrounds-in-ubuntu 10 Best-designed Linux Distribution Websites http://www.junauza.com/2008/08/10-best-designed-linux-distribution.html

How-To: Install and Run FrostWire 4.17.0 in Debian Lenny http://tux.50webs.org/tut_frostwire.html Debian On the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner Phone http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/16/0037221&from=rss Encrypt Your USB Drive with TrueCrypt http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/08/13/encrypt-your-usb-drive-with-truecrypt/ Picks Sweyn FlyBack http://www.tuxsoftware.com/home/system/backup/70-backup/165-flyback-timemachine-clone Max VirtualBox http://www.virtualbox.org/

Episode 13: Command Line History

Show notes are below:

NEWS

Are “instant on” notebooks the future? http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2400

Linux Myths: Busted! http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/08/12/linux-myths-busted/

Dell shipping five Hardy Heron systems http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9261965222.html

Canonical To VARs: 11% of U.S. Businesses Use Ubuntu Linux http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/08/10/canonical-to-vars-11-of-us-businesses-use-ubuntu-linux/

Why lawyers don’t like Linux http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19971/1090/

Three things the Linux desktops needs to do to beat Windows http://blogs.computerworld.com/three_things_the_linux_desktops_needs_to_do_to_beat_windows

getdeb.net announces Playbuntu http://blog.getdeb.net/2008/08/getdebnet-announces-playbuntu.html

Linux Users on NBC’s Olympics Videos: We Don’t Get No Respect http://ostatic.com/170826-blog/linux-users-on-nbcs-olympics-videos-we-dont-get-no-respect

What if Linux Took a Vista ‘Mojave’ Test? http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3763491_1

TIPS

7 Best Linux Distributions for Multimedia Enthusiasts http://www.junauza.com/2008/08/7-best-linux-distributions-for.html

15 Examples To Master Linux Command Line History http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/08/15-examples-to-master-linux-command-line-history/

Top 4 Alternatives to Ubuntu Linux http://www.intranetjournal.com/articles/200808/ij_08_11_08a.html

How to: Customize your GNU/Linux desktop in 7 easy steps http://www.catswhocode.com/blog/os/how-to-customize-your-gnulinux-desktop-in-7-easy-steps-112

5 Useless Compiz Fusion Effects http://www.linuxhaxor.net/2008/08/10/5-useless-compiz-fusion-effects/

Easy Peasy Full System Backup http://www.matusiak.eu/numerodix/blog/index.php/2008/08/10/easy-peasy-full-system-backup/

PICKS

Hamster http://lifehacker.com/400185/hamster-adds-time-tracking-to-your-gnome-panel